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Gandalff 
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 Topic: Neal Morse Or The Rest? (Part I. - 2003)
Posted: May 28 2013 at 04:59 |
I'm not a fan of Neal Morse & Co., but he's quite popular on this site and perfectly fits to my poll idea, ie comparing of former frontman with his mother band.
Edited by Gandalff - May 28 2013 at 05:02
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 05:11 |
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I do really like them both, but `Testimony' wipes the floor with the first non-Neal Spock's album, even though tracks like `Ghost of Autumn' are truly superb.
`Testimony' is endlessly catchy, melodic, and a truly passionate lyric from Neal that was clearly so important to him. It's probably a little too long, but damn it's a quality album. The live DVD of it is mind-blowing too.
`Feel Euphoria' has a couple of duds and seems a little directionless, mainly because the band seems to be taking the opportunity to play in some styles that hadn't already up to that point, but some of it works really well, especially that track I mentioned above. However, pretty much every other Spock's album that the Nick-led band recorded were a big improvement on it.
Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - May 28 2013 at 05:11
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 05:21 |
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need the none option
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 05:43 |
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Testimony is such a personal, and therefore intimate concept with some stunning ballads, great themes and a fine positive message, so I'll go for that. Spock's took a couple of albums before they re-found their true identity, although Feel Euphoria does have a good nice long suite and some other great songs (The Bottom Line, especially).
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Gandalff
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 05:46 |
^^It's a nonsense, if anyone doesn't like Morse & Co., he doesn't need to click here, let alone to vote. 
Edited by Gandalff - May 28 2013 at 05:47
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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 06:47 |
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Effectively the only SB work that I truely love is "SNOW". In general I like more Neil Morse's solo works and with Transatlantic.
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Mr. Mustard
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 11:40 |
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Testimony is a bit bloated at times, but I was never a fan of Post-Neal Beard, especially Feel Euphoria.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 11:56 |
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I love Feel Euphoria so it get my vote. And I entirely agree with Gandalf for once
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 12:44 |
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Testimony. FE is weak overall imo.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 13:02 |
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Testimony, despite it's preachiness.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Morsenator
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 13:36 |
 Wanorak wrote:
Testimony, despite it's preachiness. |
Brace yourselves... (especially if this poll is going to have sequels) 
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 17:00 |
tamijo wrote:
need the none option |
Yep.........
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 17:02 |
dr wu23 wrote:
tamijo wrote:
need the none option |
Yep.........
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 17:25 |
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Testimony........I don't get good 'feel'ings from Feel Euphoria
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terryl
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 21:41 |
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i would vote for Testimony but its because the comparison is unfair. Morse was the main writer for SB and Feel Euphoria suffers his absence. Morse knows where he's going in Testimony but the Beard was still trying to find out what they wanted to achieve. If you compare, say X with Lifelines - X would have won my vote. I also like SB's latest album than Momentum. Needless to say, One, ? and Sola Scriptura are the three best outputs from Morse.
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Gandalff
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Posted: May 29 2013 at 08:46 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I love Feel Euphoria so it get my vote. And I entirely agree with Gandalf for once |
Thanks God! 
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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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Master of Time
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Posted: May 29 2013 at 19:51 |
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I have begun to tire of Neal Morse, though I'm sure that's temporary, but I have begun to absolutely love Nick's tenure as lead vocalist in Spock's Beard. That's why Feel Euphoria is my pick, and I was never too fond of Testimony anyways.
Edited by Master of Time - May 29 2013 at 19:52
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Posted: May 29 2013 at 20:06 |
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Testimony takes 2 hours to say something he could have stated musically in 1/2 hour. Voted SB.
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AlexDOM
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Posted: June 04 2013 at 09:43 |
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The Testimony albums are the best Christian albums ever created but does the Christian community recognize it.. no... Sorry for my vent. But I went went Testimony anyway...
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